L Morgan Lee

L Morgan Lee
L Morgan Lee
	L Morgan Lee at the 75th Tony Awards in 2022
Education	University of the Arts (BFA)
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Website	http://www.lmorganlee.com/

L Morgan Lee is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the 2022 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in A Strange Loop on Broadway, making history as the first openly transgender actor to be nominated for a Tony Award.[1][2]

Early life

L Morgan Lee grew up in suburban Maryland.[3] She began performing in her early childhood by singing in her nursery school's talent show.[4] She began acting soon after but didn't connect with many of her early roles.[4] She went on to study musical theater at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[4]

Career

Through a Facebook exchange, Lee was invited to do a reading of A Strange Loop at the Musical Theatre Factory in New York City, New York.[3] She continued with the show through its world premiere Off-Broadway and its transfer to Broadway.[5] For her role as Thought 1 in the Broadway production, she was nominated for her first Tony Award.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Show	Result
2020	Lucille Lortel Awards	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	A Strange Loop	Nominated
	Obie Award	Special Citation		Won
	Antonyo Awards	Best Featured in a Musical, Off-Broadway		Nominated
2022	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical		Nominated
	Drama League Award	Distinguished Performance		Nominated
	Antonyo Awards	Best Featured in a Musical, Broadway		Nominated
	Singnasium Trailblazer Award			Won

References

"L Morgan Lee on making Broadway history: 'I could not stop crying'". The Guardian. 2022-06-01. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
Stevens, Matt (2022-05-09). "'Know that it's possible': L Morgan Lee on her trailblazing Tony nomination". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
"'A Strange Loop' breakout star L Morgan Lee makes Tonys history as first openly transgender actress to be nominated". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
"L Morgan Lee on making Broadway history: 'I could not stop crying'". the Guardian. 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
Culwell-Block, Logan (2022-05-09). "A Strange Loop's L Morgan Lee Becomes the First Openly Trans Tony-Nominated Performer". Playbill. Retrieved 2022-09-09.

External links

Official website
L Morgan Lee at IMDb
L Morgan Lee at the Internet Broadway Database
L Morgan Lee at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
L Morgan Lee at Playbill Vault

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[1] "L Morgan Lee on making Broadway history: 'I could not stop crying'". The Guardian. 2022-06-01. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2022-06-13.

[2] Stevens, Matt (2022-05-09). "'Know that it's possible': L Morgan Lee on her trailblazing Tony nomination". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2022-06-13.

[:0-3] "'A Strange Loop' breakout star L Morgan Lee makes Tonys history as first openly transgender actress to be nominated". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2022-09-10.

[:1-4] "L Morgan Lee on making Broadway history: 'I could not stop crying'". the Guardian. 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2022-09-10.

[5] Culwell-Block, Logan (2022-05-09). "A Strange Loop's L Morgan Lee Becomes the First Openly Trans Tony-Nominated Performer". Playbill. Retrieved 2022-09-09.